75.Paragraph 29 sets out the definition of “significant break” for the purposes of the “sufficient hours in the UK” test at paragraph 9 and the “sufficient hours overseas” test at paragraph 14. A significant break is a period of at least 31 consecutive days on each of which P does less than three hours’ work, and where those days were not annual leave, sick leave, or parenting leave.
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